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单词 platyrrhine
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platyrrhinen.adj.

Brit. /ˈplatᵻrʌɪn/, U.S. /ˈplædəˌraɪn/
Forms: 1800s– platyrhine, 1800s– platyrrhine.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: platy- comb. form, -rhine comb. form.
Etymology: < platy- comb. form + -rhine comb. form; in senses A. 1 and B. 1 after scientific Latin Platyrrhini (E. Geoffroy 1812, in Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 19 104). Compare Hellenistic Greek πλατυρριν-, πλατύρρις, Byzantine Greek πλατύρρινος broad-nosed.
A. n.
1. Zoology. A primate of the major group Platyrrhini, which comprises the New World monkeys, most of which are characterized by a flattened nose with widely separated nostrils that are directed forwards or sideways.In some classifications, treated as a suborder or infraorder; in others, replaced by the superfamily Callitrichoidea.
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the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [noun] > group Platyrrhinae (New World monkey)
platyrrhine1842
New World monkey1863
platyrrhinian1878
1842 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art 938/1 Platyrhines, Platyrhinae,..These monkeys are peculiar to the New World.
1863 J. D. Dana Man. Geol. 422 (note) They include..the Platyrrhines, peculiar to South America, having the nostrils subterminal and wide apart.
1930 Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 6 387 In the more primitive Platyrrhines the brain is relatively small and has few sulci.
1957 I. T. Sanderson Monkey Kingdom viii. 80/1 All the living New World primates used to be called the Platyrrhines.
1997 W. G. Kinzey New World Primates Introd. p. xiv The earliest anthropoids from the Old World (the Fayum) are remarkably like platyrrhines in many aspects.
2. Physical Anthropology. A platyrrhine person or skull (see sense B. 2). rare.
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the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > skull > skull measurement > [noun] > types of skull > person having
macrocephalus1626
long head1650
microcephalus1848
brachycephales1863
dolichocephali1863
brachistocephali1866
mecistocephali1866
Mesocephali1866
roundhead1867
microcephale1873
microcephalic1873
dolichocephal1876
mesorrhinian1878
mesocephal1883
short head1883
mesorrhine1885
platyrrhine1886
brachycephal1901
1886 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 15 311 These forms he [sc. Broca] divides into three groups: the mesorrhines, including the indices between 48 and 52; the platyrrhines, including those from 53 upwards, and the leptorrhines.
1918 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 48 86 The leptorrhines and the mesorrhines are in almost equal proportions along with a considerable proportion of platyrrhines..in 110 skulls from the Fassa valley.
B. adj.
1. Zoology. Of, relating to, or designating a primate of the major group Platyrrhini, which comprises the New World monkeys. Contrasted with catarrhine.
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the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [adjective] > New World
platyrrhine1857
platyrrhinian1890
1857 W. Whewell Hist. Inductive Sci. (ed. 3) III. xviii. 565 Remains of an extinct platyrhine monkey.
1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals i. 74 The great armadillos, anteaters and platyrrhine apes of the caves of South America.
1894 H. O. Forbes Hand-bk. Primates I. 127 The New World Monkeys..have the nose flat and the opening of their nostrils directed outwards, and the one nostril separated from the other by a broad cartilaginous septum, and they are therefore designated Platyrrhine Monkeys.
1920 Proc. Zool. Soc. 91 The observations recorded in this paper are based mainly upon the Platyrrhine Monkeys that have died in the Zoological Gardens during the past ten years.
1967 J. R. Napier & P. H. Napier Handbk. Living Primates i. 15 In the majority of Cebidæ the nostrils are wide apart (platyrrhine condition).
1987 Amer. Anthropologist 89 973/1 Platyrrhine primates are still relatively poorly represented in the fossil record.
2. Physical Anthropology. Of a person or skull: having the nose or the nasal bones flat or broad; spec. having a nasal index above a particular value (varying from 51.1 to 53 in different systems). Also: designating a nose of this shape.
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the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > skull > skull measurement > [adjective] > types
short-headed1802
beloid1833
microcephalous1840
platycephalous1846
long-skulled1847
round-headed1847
brachycephalic1849
dolichocephalic1849
acrocephalic1855
megacephalous1857
microcephalic1857
cymbocephalic1861
macrocephalous1861
platycephalic1861
macrocephalic1863
phaenozygous1863
dolichocephalous1864
homoeocephalic1866
mecistocephalic1866
mecocephalic1866
mesocephalic1866
orthocephalic1866
stenocephalic1866
cryptozygous1867
megalocephalic1868
aphanozygous1871
brachycephalous1872
orthocephalous1872
mesaticephalic1873
plagiocephalic1873
plagiocephalic1874
mesaticephalous1876
mesorrhine1877
platyrrhine1877
cylindro-cephalic1878
eurycephalic1878
hypsistenocephalic1878
megaseme1878
mesoseme1878
microseme1878
oxycephalic1878
oxyklinocephalic1878
platybasic1878
pyrgocephalic1878
tapinocephalic1878
megacephalic1879
hypsiconchous1885
mesoconchous1885
chamaeprosopic1886
leptocephalic1886
mesorrhinian1887
long-headed1888
tectocephalic1888
mecistocephalous1890
megalocephalous1890
plagiocephalous1890
mesocephal1891
stegoid1894
brachycranial1902
chamaecephalic1902
chamaeconchic1902
chamaecranial1902
macrocranial1902
platycranial1902
stenocranial1904
mesoconch1905
mesoconchic1909
hypsiconch1920
Lapponoid1939
hypsiconchic1960
1877 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 6 103 Nasal index.—There is here a considerable variation not bearing out Broca's views, seven only being platyrrhine, five mesorrhine, and the remainder leptorrhine.
1880 Nature 8 Jan. 224 The now extinct Tasmanian race was..prognathous, platyrhine, microseme.
1913 Amer. Anthropologist 15 420 The people of southern India resemble the Australians in two significant characteristics—they are both dolichocephalic and platyrrhine.
1976 Lancet 25 Dec. 1394/2 The special features of the upper respiratory tract..in platyrrhine peoples.
2001 M. H. Chang Return of Dragon iv. 64 She grows to hate her very reflection in the mirror: the African's dark pigmentation, platyrrhine nose, and everted lips.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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